[PATCH v3 2/2] Input: ads7846: use gpio_request_one to configure pendown_gpio

Igor Grinberg grinberg at compulab.co.il
Fri Feb 4 10:37:29 EST 2011


Hi,

On 02/04/11 17:15, G, Manjunath Kondaiah wrote:

> On Fri, Feb 04, 2011 at 04:47:09PM +0200, Igor Grinberg wrote:
>> On 02/04/11 16:16, G, Manjunath Kondaiah wrote:
>>> On Fri, Feb 04, 2011 at 03:08:47PM +0100, Wolfram Sang wrote:
>>>> On Fri, Feb 04, 2011 at 07:02:50PM +0530, G, Manjunath Kondaiah wrote:
>>>>> On Thu, Feb 03, 2011 at 09:19:53AM -0800, Dmitry Torokhov wrote:
>>>>>> Something like below should do I think.
>>>>> Patch looks good but it applies only on top of previous patch:
>>>>> https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/529941/
>>>>>
>>>>> Why to have two patches for this fix?
>>>> http://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-omap/msg45167.html
>>> My point here is: 
>>> 1. The first patch only replaces gpio_request with gpio_request_one
>>> 2. Rest of the things are handled in 2nd patch posted by dmitry
>>>
>>> What is harm in merging both the patches? I don't think it affects
>>> readability.
>> Because the changes introduced by the patches are from different nature.
>> As stated in the link above, one is a functional change (gpio setup change)
>> and second is fixing the imbalance in request - free calls.
>> The impact is not readability, but bad bisect-ability.
> ok. But the patch2(dmitry's patch) is doing more than what it is mentioned in
> patch description. It checks for validity of gpio, comment correction
> etc which needs to be updated in the patch description.

gpio validity is a part of request - free balance fix, comment change is
just a coding style fix - really minor.

Personally, I think Dmitry's description of the patch is just fine,
but if you insist on making it somehow better, then suggest it to Dmitry.


-- 
Regards,
Igor.




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